On Mon 18 Feb, James Taylor wrote: > On Fri 15 Feb, James Taylor wrote: > > > > The rand() function as implemented in RISC OS Perl 1.13 for > > the RiscPC is *not* uniform as it should be. > > Err... It's been awfully quiet since I posted that.
Been busy > Is there anybody there? Yes > Does anybody care? Yes. The rand function in the current riscos perl is based on the C function"rand", which is well known to be less the ideal. if/when we move riscos perl to the more recent version which uses the C fucntion rand48 which is more random. > > > ...my own random number generator in Perl... > > If anyone's interested, I can post it. > > I take it the answer is no then? :-( Go ahead post it. Richard > -- Personal Work - Waveney Consulting Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.waveney.org http://www.WaveneyConsulting.com Independent Telecommunications Consultant, ATM expert, Web Analyst
